Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U will be developed in collaboration with Namco Bandai. Team members from SoulCalibur, Tekken, Tales and more will all work alongside director Masahiro Sakurai. Namco Bandai already has a prototype running; Sakurai says it looks "pretty good".

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask

New Art Academy

A good title to show off the 3DS XL's big screens, a new Art Academy title is in the works for 3DS. No word on whether it's retail or eShop, or when it'll be released.

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition

A Wii collection of six Kirby games, with new challenge levels based on Kirby's Return to Dream Land. There's an interactive series timeline to race around, and it comes with a music CD and a full colour booklet too.

Fire Emblem

New Super Mario Bros. 2 Add-on Content

New Super Mario Bros. 2 will feature add-on content available after launch to expand its Coin Rush mode. Reggie couldn't say when or how the levels will be available as they haven't been created yet, and was keen to stress NSMB2 is still a fully-featured Mario adventure whether you buy the add-on content or not.

I though that this Nintendo Direct show was far more eventful and interesting than Nintendo's recent E3 press conference. I was completely surprised by the 3DS XL. I like the new, bigger screens and the improved the battery life. I'm not sure if I'm going to get one though. Now that I've seen more of the new 3DS XL, I think that the original 3DS design is more sleek and sexy looking. Maybe I'll just wait and see if Nintendo releases a special edition for Black Friday this year.

E3 might have been able to compete with this if they compressed everything into 21 minutes rather than 3 conferences full of so much fluff. I still think I'm more excited by the 3DS XL than I am about anything at E3 though.

This DLC trend is troubling. I thought Nintendo was steering clear of that, but that must not be the case. If Nintendo releases DLC, I hope it's at least fairly priced and quality unlike some of Capcom's debacles.

I watched the show this morning just a while ago, and the 3DS XL definitely caught me off-guard. After Nintendo denied a new remodel before E3 and Miyamoto turned down commenting on it, I guess it must've been kept a big secret.

I have mixed feelings about wheter I want this or not. While bigger screens would work well with the 3D and drawing and a longer battery-life is nice, I don't have a strong desire to part with my regular one right now. And since the Wii U is coming out that will be more expensive than this, I might just wait until next year or so.

look at that monstrocity... not interested in xl, waiting for lite (also, double the battery life, half an hour more is still not good enough nintendo!) Fire emblem is a must now and layton looks awesome. no monster hunter...

spoiler: didn't anyone notice the consequences of no right thumb stick?seriously.. we have to buy another, bigger circle pad?